A growth in numbers in Scotland has helped the US-based Kinder Institute of Life Planning notch up its 500th Registered Life Planner globally.

Murphy Wealth, a Financial Life Planning firm based in Glasgow, has promoted John Moran as its new executive chair and Neil Bage to the new role of chief behavioural officer.

Murphy Wealth, a Glasgow-based firm of wealth advisers, is planning to double in size in the next year and launch a graduate programme.